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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 10:46 AM Original message |
Poll question: Should a president be willing to meet separately, without preconition...the leaders of ...? |
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Kagemusha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
1. Let me just note for the record... |
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goodhue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 11:13 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. indeed |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
2. Should they meet with anyone who wants to meet with them for any reason |
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Onlooker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
3. Of course not |
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Yael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 11:12 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. "legitimize some jerk"? |
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Onlooker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 11:25 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. So, for instance ... |
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jaysunb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 12:33 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. There are many places a meeting can be held |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 04:54 PM Response to Reply #8 |
26. Let's take em one by one.. |
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Maribelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
4. Has any president in the last, say 70 years, met without precondition ... |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
7. President Anwar Al Sadat did so in 1977 |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 12:34 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. was speaking to the Knesset a pre-condition? |
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jmp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
9. What about with bin Laden? |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 11:34 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Nice red herring. |
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Zueda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 12:24 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Sean? Is that you? |
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Totally Committed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
11. That's actually what Sec. of State is supposed to do first.... |
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flpoljunkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
12. It all depends on what meaning of "precondition" is. Bush's were obviously "dead-on-arrival." |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
16. I have a different opinion. The answer to your question is "It depends on the |
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Pyrzqxgl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
17. Yes, providing that the President is a Democrat well versed in the art of Negotiation. |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
18. Absolutely not. In my opinion, only an idiot commits oneself in such a way. |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 04:49 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Imagine Reagan demanding from Gorbachev anything before meeting with him |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 04:50 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. I'm not saying they should always demand anything before meeting. But they shouldn't agree |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
19. Sadat was already dead by 1982, however, Sadat was prompted by CNN |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
20. This is one of those DUH questions. |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 04:49 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Haha, I read your subject line and thought: |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
22. I get your point and I'm trying to argue with you but this whole thing is pointless word parsing for |
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Jillian (577 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
25. It depends! You can't put Kim Jung Il in the same category as |
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Rydz777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 08:37 AM Response to Original message |
27. I voted no for this reason: implicit in the question seems to be the |
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